Prague Med. Rep. 2025, 126, 46-50

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2025.9

Two Cases of Sternalis Muscle in Humans: Clinical Considerations

Dibakar Borthakur, Parul Kaushal, Kamalesh Saravanan, Saroj Kaler Jhajhria

Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received July 29, 2024
Accepted January 27, 2025

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